On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Upton (1956) in Gibraltar Bay
On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Upton (1956) while under way in Gibraltar Bay in early 1980 during exercise Test Gate. The photographer is looking aft from the port side of the bridge showing the funnel, the port derrick and the sweep deck. The badge of the 10th Mine Counter Measures Squadron is on the funnel. A Ton class vessel is directly astern and another two are off the port quarter.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8096/5 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Upton (1956); Ton class (1952-1959) |
| Date made: | Early 1980 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |